User:Joris Gillis/WikiEffort/February 30 2006

Short info

 * What?
 * Proofreading OCR-scanned pages of The New Student's Reference Work


 * Required skills
 * reading
 * writing


 * Time required
 * 15 minutes


 * Progress
 * 25% done

Long info

 * Steps
 * Carefully read the English text. When a strange combination of letters or a strange word occurs, check the scan image to be sure.
 * Omit the header of the page (2 words in CAPITALS) and the page number
 * Introduce some basic wiki-syntax
 * Mark the terms as bold ( bold text )


 * Motivation
 * Building Wikipedia is fine, but why would we forget the countless efforts of our ancestors? Help to digitise The New Student's Reference Work.


 * FAQ
 * What to do with phonetic characters?
 * Try to find the character here
 * I noticed an error in the scanned page
 * Don't correct the error